Master Agreement 2005 - State Employment Relations Board

and the pay date for service provided immediately following
the school year shall be the first summer school pay date. An
extended work year, in addition to such four (4) weeks, is
not prohibited on a voluntary basis.
Article 907
Transportation Mileage Rate
All members of the bargaining unit who must use private
transportation to perform their assigned duties will be reimbursed
at the rate allowed by the Internal Revenue Service
in effect at the time of the travel.
Article 908
Gainsharing
908.01 The term gainsharing as used in this contract is
defined as a method of compensation or distribution of
funds for the attainment of mutually developed goals
and achievements towards the improvement of the education
in Columbus City Schools on a building-bybuilding
basis.
908.02 TheBoard shall set aside $2,174,000 each school
year to fund gainsharing and the Performance
Advancement System (PAS–Article 910). The amount
to be used for gainsharing payments will be $2,174,000
minus the total amount of payments in the fall ofaparticular
school year under Article 910 (PAS). Should the
PASpayments total more than $1,000,000, the PAS payments
shall be reduced across the board so as to preserve
at least $1,174,000 for gainsharing from the total
amount of the $2,174,000 fund.
Such amounts will be allocated to particular buildings
within the District for their success in meeting goals
based on criteria developed by a Joint Gainsharing
Committee of CEA and Administration representatives.
Gainsharing awards per teacher shall not exceed $1,500
per year. Such committee shall consist of three members
selected by the President of the CEA and three members
selected by the Superintendent. The development of such
criteria shall be accomplished prior to January 15, 2001.
The committee shall utilize consensus to arrive at the
final findings and guidelines and to convey it to the
appropriate administrator for commencement of data
collection and implementation. Such criteria will contain
measurable objective goals including, but not limited to,
graduation rates, student attendance, achievement test
scores, standardized test scores, reduction of disturbances
to education. Achievement of adequate yearly progress
(AYP) shall be a criterion that must be met for a building
to qualify. The Joint Committee shall also take into
account factors that correlate with high needs, such as
but not limited to, the numbers of students in a building
on free or reduced lunch, the experience level of teachers
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